What does dirk mean?
Dirk means A long Scottish dagger with a straight blade..
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/dɜːk/ · noun
A long Scottish dagger with a straight blade..
The Claymore is worn on the left side, the dirk on the right, and the Skean Dhu in the stocking […]
In half a minute he had reached the port scuppers, and picked, out of a coil of rope, a long knife, or rather a short dirk, discolored to the hilt with blood.
In this kit was the ‘Officer of the Watch’ telescope from Dolland and Sons, presented to me by my godmother, Inman's Nautical Tables, a parallel ruler, and, of course, a dirk.
Roland Graeme has dirked Adam Woodstock — that is all.” ¶ “Good Heaven!” said the Lady, turning pale as ashes, “is the man slain?”
For these offenses, I was informed privately, by a worthy English settler, who had been like me seduced by Mr. Birkbeck, they had hired a man to dirk me for ten dollars, the usual price of blood in this country, as Mr. Chichester says.
Thy wast bignes but combers the grownd, / And dirks the beauty of my blossomes rownd.
The word dick itself serves as model for two variants which are probably Midwestern, dirk and dork, also meaning "penis"...
Near-synonym: dork
Use dirk when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Dirk means A long Scottish dagger with a straight blade..
Common synonyms include dork, anaconda, baloney pony, bald-headed hermit.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
The Claymore is worn on the left side, the dirk on the right, and the Skean Dhu in the stocking […]
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